The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BARNSLEY - Sat Dec 28, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 28, 1946 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Barnsley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 28 December 1946

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: A Baker
Attendance:: 27,239
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 15
Opp Before/After:: 9 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 2)
Barnsley:: Nov 29, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1667 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 930 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1847 (of 5828)
Total:: 2985 (of 7633)
Played:: 79 years, 8 months, 10 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: LDDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Greg Cunningham (31') (OG)
Colin Lyman (38')

BARNSLEY
Manager: Angus Seed
Prior form: LWLLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Robledo (9')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	30	Bob McCall
4	M	31	George Pritty
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	F	20	Tot Leverton
10	F	32	Colin Lyman (38')
11	F	27	Tom Johnston

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Rimmington
2	D	Greg Cunningham
3	D	Pallister
4	D	Glover
5	D	Wilson
6	M	Asquith
7	M	Smith
8	M	Robledo
9	M	Davie
10	F	Bennet
11	F	Morris

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 28, 1946)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Bradford Park Avenue	0-0	Chesterfield
Coventry City	0-3	Burnley
Fulham	2-0	Bury
Manchester City	1-0	Leicester City
Newcastle United	0-2	Millwall
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Luton Town
Southampton	5-1	Newport County
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Swansea Town
West Ham United	4-1	Plymouth Argyle

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Birmingham City	23	14	2	7	45	21	9	1	1	32	7	5	1	6	13	14	24	30	WWWWWL
	2	Manchester City	21	12	6	3	47	22	7	3	0	29	10	5	3	3	18	12	25	30	DWWDWW
	3	Burnley	22	10	9	3	30	18	6	5	1	18	9	4	4	2	12	9	12	29	DWWDWL
	4	Newcastle United	22	11	6	5	58	30	6	2	2	33	14	5	4	3	25	16	28	28	LWWWLL
	5	Chesterfield	21	9	8	4	27	19	4	4	2	13	9	5	4	2	14	10	8	26	DWWLDL
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	8	5	41	31	5	5	2	20	15	4	3	3	21	16	10	26	DLWDLD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	22	11	3	8	51	43	6	1	3	27	18	5	2	5	24	25	8	25	LLLWWW
	8	Leicester City	22	11	3	8	40	38	6	2	4	23	17	5	1	4	17	21	2	25	DWLLWW
	9	Barnsley	23	8	6	9	46	53	6	2	4	27	20	2	4	5	19	33	-7	22	LWLLDD
	10	Luton Town	22	9	3	10	38	36	7	1	2	25	15	2	2	8	13	21	2	21	WWLDLW
	11	Southampton	21	7	7	7	39	37	6	4	0	26	11	1	3	7	13	26	2	21	WDWLDD
	12	Coventry City	22	6	9	7	27	28	5	6	0	14	7	1	3	7	13	21	-1	21	LWLDWD
	13	Plymouth Argyle	21	8	5	8	41	45	7	3	1	24	14	1	2	7	17	31	-4	21	WLWLLL
	14	Fulham	20	8	4	8	38	42	6	1	2	23	14	2	3	6	15	28	-4	20	LLLLLW
	15	Bury	22	5	8	9	37	40	4	4	2	26	17	1	4	7	11	23	-3	18	WLWLWW
	16	Bradford Park Avenue	21	6	6	9	31	34	4	2	5	12	12	2	4	4	19	22	-3	18	WLLDLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	20	7	4	9	30	34	6	2	3	20	11	1	2	6	10	23	-4	18	LDDWLW
	18	West Ham United	20	7	2	11	29	40	4	2	3	13	16	3	0	8	16	24	-11	16	LDLWWL
	19	Swansea Town	21	6	4	11	31	45	5	1	5	20	24	1	3	6	11	21	-14	16	WLLLLW
	20	Millwall	21	6	4	11	28	45	4	3	5	19	23	2	1	6	9	22	-17	16	LWLLDW
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	22	5	4	13	39	54	4	2	5	21	20	1	2	8	18	34	-15	14	WDWLLL
	22	Newport County	21	5	1	15	34	72	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	8	9	38	-38	11	WLLWWL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Birmingham City	24	15	2	7	46	21	10	1	1	33	7	5	1	6	13	14	25	32	WWWWLW		1-0
	2	Manchester City	22	13	6	3	48	22	8	3	0	30	10	5	3	3	18	12	26	32	WWDWWW		1-0
	3	Burnley	23	11	9	3	33	18	6	5	1	18	9	5	4	2	15	9	15	31	WWDWLW		3-0
	4	Newcastle United	23	11	6	6	58	32	6	2	3	33	16	5	4	3	25	16	26	28	WWWLLL		0-2
	5	Chesterfield	22	9	9	4	27	19	4	4	2	13	9	5	5	2	14	10	8	27	WWLDLD		0-0
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	23	12	3	8	53	44	7	1	3	29	19	5	2	5	24	25	9	27	LLWWWW		2-1
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	8	6	41	32	5	5	2	20	15	4	3	4	21	17	9	26	LWDLDL		0-1
	8	Leicester City	23	11	3	9	40	39	6	2	4	23	17	5	1	5	17	22	1	25	WLLWWL		0-1
2	9	Southampton	22	8	7	7	44	38	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	7	13	26	6	23	DWLDDW		5-1
	10	Luton Town	23	9	4	10	39	37	7	1	2	25	15	2	3	8	14	22	2	22	WLDLWD		1-1
3	11	Fulham	21	9	4	8	40	42	7	1	2	25	14	2	3	6	15	28	-2	22	LLLLWW		2-0
3	12	Barnsley	24	8	6	10	47	55	6	2	4	27	20	2	4	6	20	35	-8	22	WLLDDL		1-2
1	13	Coventry City	23	6	9	8	27	31	5	6	1	14	10	1	3	7	13	21	-4	21	WLDWDL		0-3
1	14	Plymouth Argyle	22	8	5	9	42	49	7	3	1	24	14	1	2	8	18	35	-7	21	LWLLLL		1-4
2	15	Nottingham Forest	21	8	4	9	32	35	7	2	3	22	12	1	2	6	10	23	-3	20	DDWLWW		2-1
	16	Bradford Park Avenue	22	6	7	9	31	34	4	3	5	12	12	2	4	4	19	22	-3	19	LLDLLD		0-0
2	17	Bury	23	5	8	10	37	42	4	4	2	26	17	1	4	8	11	25	-5	18	LWLWWL		0-2
	18	West Ham United	21	8	2	11	33	41	5	2	3	17	17	3	0	8	16	24	-8	18	DLWWLW		4-1
1	19	Millwall	22	7	4	11	30	45	4	3	5	19	23	3	1	6	11	22	-15	18	WLLDWW		2-0
1	20	Swansea Town	22	6	4	12	32	47	5	1	5	20	24	1	3	7	12	23	-15	16	LLLLWL		1-2
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	23	5	5	13	40	55	4	3	5	22	21	1	2	8	18	34	-15	15	DWLLLD		1-1
	22	Newport County	22	5	1	16	35	77	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	9	10	43	-42	11	LLWWLL		1-5